There's going to be a provincial election next year in BC. So is shouldn't surprise anyone to see the leaders of the provincial parties starting to rustle the bushes looking for votes. First out of the starting gate in Nelson/Creston was John Horgan, leader of the provincial NDP who was at the Hume Hotel Friday night to meet...

To The Editor: Larry Hall, president of the East Kootenay Hunters Association, states that the East Kootenay now has 7,500-8,000 elk, down from 30,000.  MLA Bill Bennett agrees with Hall and then adds the diversion of wolves and bears as well as urban voters who don’t hunt. Historically, at least half of the Rocky Mountain ...

Three local people are in police custody after an armed robbery of the BC Liquor Store in Fruitvale this morning. “A male entered the store at around 9 a.m., brandishing a handgun, and confronted the employee, making off with a great deal of cash,” said Trail top cop Sgt. Darren Oelke. Later the same morning, police arrested...

The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, will be one of the special guests at the Selkirk College 50th Anniversary Homecoming Weekend celebration. The representative of Her Majesty The Queen in British Columbia, The Lieutenant Governor will take part in the Through The Decades Gala which goes ...

The mayor of Castlegar came cap-in-hand to the board meeting of the Regional District of the Central Kootenay Thursday, looking for support for a technical study to improve the community’s airport. Lawrence Chernoff, who’s also the vice-chair of the RDCK Board, told district representatives that his city council was trying ...

Area firefighters did the West Kootenay proud at the Third Annual International Firefighter Games in Pass Creek Sept. 3 and 4, with the Nelson team taking first place, Blewett taking second and Castlegar owning third, despite competing against 23 teams from as far away as Sechelt and Half Moon Bay. Perhaps one of the most...

Pastor Dr George Takashima from Lethbridge, Alberta, has been bringing tour groups to Castlegar to take in the history of the Doukhobors at the Doukhobor Discovery Centre for a number of years now. This year he came with a request to make a presentation to the Doukhobor people so a somewhat impromptu event was pulled together....

Council chambers was filled to the brim last night as community members came to view the premiere of a three-minute film commissioned by the Village of Salmo titled Where all Roads Lead. The film was produced as part of the public consultation and asset mapping process planned for the development of a new official community...

A provincial court judge in Nelson has set the start of a criminal trial stemming from a 2013 aviation fuel spill in the Slocan Valley for mid-October. Judge Robert Brown told lawyers attending a preliminary hearing by conference call that the trial will begin on October 11. The Executive Flight Centre, one of its employees,...

Provincial Health officer Dr. Perry Kendall and director of police services Clayton Pecknold, co-chairs of the Joint Task Force on Overdose Response, have released the following statement. "We strongly commend the RCMP for proceeding with a national rollout of naloxone for both their member's safety, as part of their personal...